February 23, 2020
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Hudson was elsewhere at the time. He thinks he remembers seeing the flag being raised on Suribachi, but a flag on the mountain didn’t stop his fight, halfway across the island.
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February 22, 2020
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For what he and his battalion did over these four days, Chambers received the Medal of Honor and his second Purple Heart.
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February 21, 2020
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The depth of Iwo Jima’s defenses was becoming evident. A cutaway view of Iwo Jima would show the Japanese were in Iwo Jima, not on it.
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February 20, 2020
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They realized moving in a few hundred yards had cost three quarters of their company.
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February 19, 2020
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“A sailor on deck yelled down to us and said, ‘You guys will be back for noon chow. There ain’t no Japs alive on that island.’ Boy, was he wrong.”
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